Scots (unit)

The Scots were a foreign unit of the United Provinces. These men were Scottish emigres who were recruited as soldiers.

History
The Scottish Jacobites were forced out of their lands in the uprisings of the 1690s, and many sought refuge in neighboring countries. Willem III of Orange accepted many of them in the United Provinces, recruiting them as foreigner troops. The officers of the regiments either spoke English or taught the troops how to speak Dutch; the ruler of the United Provinces was, after all, the brother of William III of Britain.